Baklava

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Baklava

A few days ago I made baklava for the first time ever! It looks like a lot of work but believe me, it was one of the easiest things I have ever baked!

YOU WILL NEED:

Fillo dough package (can buy at any grocery store)
1 cup of coarsely chopped (I used a mix of raw shelled pistachios and walnuts)
2 tbs sugar
1 tbs ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground cloves
9 tbs butter (melted)

Honey Syrup:

1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup cold water
1/2 cup honey
Zest from one small orange and some juice of
A splash of lemon juice

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Sablés à la Confiture

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My most favorite cookies of all time are the shortbread cookies with apricot or raspberry jam. Shortbread cookies probably have been my earliest memory as my step-grandma, Babushka Alja, made those little delicious things every time we would visit her. That and the homemade herbal teas… and the game of bingo.

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Apple Sharlotka

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Apple Sharlotka
Hi guys!! So these past few weeks have been insane!! I’m so excited to be finally done with this semester of Interior Design school!! I was taking a few studio classes and a couple of writing classes… whew- honestly the hardest semester that I had so far! However, hardest does not mean the least fun… it was like the best semester as well!! I have been able to gain knowledge in residential design and learn more about architectural perspectives…I will be posting another blog with all the work from this semester and will talk about what the project involved and etc. DID I MENTION THAT I MADE ALL A’s this semester? I do not know what it is, but since ever I met Frederick (my fiancé) I gained some sort of motivation of making all A’s and it has been great!! 

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Chicken Meatball Soup

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Chicken Meatball Soup homemade
Today was Ride Your Bike to Work Day. It was fun. I was off work today, but still was able to ride my bike all day long until my feet fell off. The day started by waking up early and riding with my boyfriend to his work. We stopped at OZO coffee place and I was surprised by how nice the free breakfast was (for all the bike riders). They had quite the spread- yummy breads (I almost wrote “sweet breads”, but have recently learned that sweetbreads are the nasty bits of the animal… not your typical breakfast… haha), regular and gluten-free bakery, breakfast burritos, and delicious OZO house blend coffee. After breakfast we split our ways, and I started my adventure!

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